It is not as if the phone is being issued for any sort of wide release. The phone is being released for Disneymobile, which still exists in Japan. I do not see why Apple would be upset with this phone, which is more about its cute Disney interface, than it being a smartphone. Disneymobile, and its line of cute little flip phones, is aimed at young Japanese women who buy based on the cute factor and are probably not very high on Apple's list of potential customers.
I think I am going to give it a try. I just didn't want to be thinking there was not a wait time delay when there was. 
